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On the 16 January 2013 episode of NXT, he made his WWE debut under the ring nameAdrian Neville defeating Sakamoto.[1]

On the 13 February episode of NXT (originally taped on 31 January), Neville along with Oliver Grey, won the finals of tournament to crown the first NXT Tag Team Champions by defeating the Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan).[2] When Grey suffered a torn ACL (in storyline caused by the Wyatt Family), Neville decided to choose Bo Dallas as his new partner in April.[3] On the 8 May episode of NXT (taped on 2 May), during the team's first defence, Neville and Dallas lost the championships to the Wyatt Family.[4]